here is the pre felt.... this was soooo time consuming. i love moss stitch but oi vey! im felting tonight, so tomorrow ill post the FO... cross your fingers, if this doesnt felt properly.... ill cry! over 1200yds of wool... :shock:

kellyjo32

02-25-2006, 09:51 PM

Wow!! I love the colors! It looks great so far! Good luck, can't wait to see it after it's felted!!

meg

02-25-2006, 09:56 PM

thank you! im a nervous felter. this part always freaks me out. oh well, i have to seuck it up and do it already! hehe!

Jenelle

02-25-2006, 10:05 PM

Ohh I love that!!! Do you have a pattern??

Jan in CA

02-25-2006, 10:17 PM

Nice! Man that is a lot of seaming! :shock:

Ingrid

02-25-2006, 10:47 PM

Thats a lot of moss stitch, too! You deserve a medal for that one. ;) I'll be crossing my fingers for the felting. It will look fantastic!

meg

02-25-2006, 10:52 PM

Ohh I love that!!! Do you have a pattern??

i do. its from the book: "knitting for baby"

felting in progress........................

meg

02-25-2006, 10:55 PM

the seaming was very boring, im sure you all agree... the moss stitch, i really thought i was gonna lose it a few times. hehe, but im so glad i did it. if it felts well, ,i think amy will be pleased!

Amber

02-26-2006, 12:01 AM

Oh wow, that look great! I can't wait to see it after it's felted!

Danielle

02-26-2006, 01:23 AM

Wow! :shock: I bet you've worked on that one for a while...moss stitch is really time consuming but I love the end result. Can't wait to see it once its felted! It looks great already! :thumbsup:

KellyK

02-26-2006, 02:41 AM

Ill echo what everyone else said and add that I cant wait to see how felted moss st differs from felted stockinette or garter!

margie

02-26-2006, 08:31 AM

I love it! I hope your friend appreciates all the hard work that you put into this- 1200 yards of moss stitch- :shock:

Can't wait to see the felted pic!!

Darhain

02-26-2006, 09:41 AM

WOW! Patience, grasshopper. I think 1200 yards of moss stitch followed by all that seeming would have driven me completely 'round the bend!

Looks great! :cheering: Can't wait to see it after it's felted!

nanonette

02-26-2006, 11:46 AM

Fabulous work!!! You deserve a huge round of :cheering: for making it through all that moss stitch & seaming!!!

meg

02-26-2006, 12:48 PM

Well, the bag came out, except for the front pocket. the edging is all riff raffy. it looks almost uneven on the one side. What can i do to fix this? i cant pull the pocket off right? and i dont think i can felt the bag again, or else it would start to lose its shape.

i thought about knitting and felting a whole new outside pocket, bigger and hand sewing it so she would have an interior and exterior pocket. if i felt it before i sew it, it should alleviate the problem. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Ingrid

02-26-2006, 12:56 PM

I think your solution sounds like a great idea.

itscryttle

02-26-2006, 03:33 PM

OMG! I love it!! Great job!!!

Can't wait to see if felted!

meg

02-26-2006, 07:17 PM

ok, so this is what it looks like felted... the side pockets and seams came out beautifully, the front pocket, well you will see.... i still think i am going to knit a bigger pocket, felt it and hand sew it. im also going to to the same for small rectangles to cover the strap connection. maybe offset it but doing a cross stitch in the taupe... what do you guys think?

Ingrid

02-26-2006, 07:23 PM

The rest of the bag looks so good, I agree that you want to do something with the pocket. :thinking: Maybe you could try putting a cross stitch along the edge of the present pocket? If it doesn't help, you could just take it out and make another.

Otherwise, it looks wonderful!!

meg

02-26-2006, 07:26 PM

The rest of the bag looks so good, I agree that you want to do something with the pocket. :thinking: Maybe you could try putting a cross stitch along the edge of the present pocket? If it doesn't help, you could just take it out and make another.

Otherwise, it looks wonderful!!

can i actually remove the pocket? it is a seperate piece, but it was all felted together... i would remove it if i could, maybe i should let well enough alone and just add the second pocket to give an internal and external pocket. ugh, i hate when something doesnt work out. hehe.... ah the pangs of being a control freak! :)

TwoLeftNeedles

02-26-2006, 07:34 PM

I think Ingrid meant to use a tapestry needle and decorative yarn to cross stitch around the edges of the pocket, and that if you didn't like the result, you could pick out those stitches.

If that's not what she meant, then please credit ME with the suggestion! :D

meg

02-26-2006, 07:40 PM

I think Ingrid meant to use a tapestry needle and decorative yarn to cross stitch around the edges of the pocket, and that if you didn't like the result, you could pick out those stitches.

If that's not what she meant, then please credit ME with the suggestion! :D

oh your right, she did suggest that. it wouldne work on the left side, for some reason the pink pocket is pulled further to the left and looks uneven. :( i think i will play on the cross stitch idea but apllying the new pocket with cross stitch and also to the rectangle blockers.

:thumbsup: yea! more moss stitch! hehe!! :roflhard:

Ingrid

02-26-2006, 07:46 PM

Yes, that's what I meant, but if you feel the pocket is uneven, then make another one. You could cheat and do stockinette, though. ;)

Amber

02-26-2006, 07:56 PM

It looks great!

gimmesanity

02-26-2006, 08:03 PM

That's beautiful! That'll be one lucky momma who receives such a gorgeous diaper bag.

I like the idea of a second pocket, so that you'll have one bigger one and the one that's on now will be the smaller pocket.

You can't have too many pockets on a diaper bag.

wildforyarn

02-26-2006, 08:49 PM

I think it looks great! What a neat idea!!! And the colors are nice too for a diaper bag... either boy or girl.

meg

02-26-2006, 11:31 PM

Yes, that's what I meant, but if you feel the pocket is uneven, then make another one. You could cheat and do stockinette, though. ;)

i like the way you think! stockinette it is... shhh!

off i go!

:XX: :XX: :XX:

Lana

02-27-2006, 08:18 AM

NICEWORK!
I'll be watching for the updated pictures.
It's nice that the texture of the moss stitch showed after felting.

I too hate doing more than borders in moss or seed stitch. :rollseyes:

meg

03-13-2006, 06:23 PM

so here is the finished product. i added additional pieces. i made a new outside pocket and small tabs, i then sewed them on with unfelted yarn to give it a stitched look. i think it looks good. next time, i will not felt it after sewing it together. next time ill felt each piece seperately and then sew it together.

sew, (hehe, pun intended!) here it is!

Shandeh

03-13-2006, 06:59 PM

I was going to recommend sewing some ribbon to the edges of the pockets, but I really like your stitching. It looks cool!

Ronda

03-13-2006, 07:04 PM

:cheering: That turned out great!

Danielle

03-13-2006, 08:47 PM

I love the way it turned out! :thumbsup:

Tammy6071

03-13-2006, 09:10 PM

Love it!!!

Andrea

03-13-2006, 10:20 PM

That look beautiful!! Almost makes me want to have kids!! :rofling:

Hildegard_von_Knittin

03-13-2006, 10:33 PM

WOW!!!!! That is FABULOUS!!

I would buy one one those. Seriously.

Ingrid

03-13-2006, 10:46 PM

It turned out really nice! Nice save! :cheering:

wildforyarn

03-13-2006, 11:35 PM

Great diaper bag! It turned out great. Love the stitching!

kellyjo32

03-14-2006, 01:26 PM

You're stitches looks great!! It gives it such great detail. One of your pictures almost makes it look like corduroy! I love the colors on it too!! Great job with the pocket over the pocket!

knitncook

03-14-2006, 08:23 PM

Just curious, but if you were to do it again (knowing what you know now LOL!) would you bother with the moss stitch? It's so hard to tell in the pictures whether it felted that much differently from stockinette or garter. Or did it just help to make it thicker?

molly

03-15-2006, 03:45 PM

Meg! You're an inspiration! I am making the same bag (that Knitting for Baby book has some beautiful things in it.) I've finished the front piece, the base, and all three pockets, and I still have a ways to go. All that seed stitch is indeed getting tedious! Seeing your finished product makes me so excited to finish mine - it looks beautiful. I love your colors, too! Are you going to put a "bottom" in it, as the book suggests? I'm not sure if I will - it's a little intimidating.

Shandeh

03-15-2006, 04:11 PM

I tend to agree with knitncook. I think the moss stitch was just a mean trick by the designer. I think that garter stitch or stockinette would have felted the same.